Francis Webb Sheilds

Francis Webb Sheilds
A lithograph sketch of Francis Webb Sheilds, the only known pictorial record of him
Born(1820-10-08)8 October 1820
Ireland
Died18 January 1906(1906-01-18) (aged 85)[1]
Southampton
Other namesFrancis Webb Wentworth-Sheilds[2]
OccupationCivil engineer
Known forSydney Railway Company
SpouseAdelaide Baker (m.1860)
ChildrenWentworth Wentworth-Sheilds
Francis Wentworth-Sheilds
Parent(s)Rev. Wentworth Sheilds
Isabella Plunkett
RelativesJohn Gore Sheilds (brother)

Francis Webb Wentworth-Sheilds (born Sheilds; 8 October 1820 – 18 January 1906)[3] was an Anglo-Irish civil engineer on the Sydney Railway Company during its construction but before its opening.

In Great Britain and Ireland, Sheilds worked on a number of railway projects, including the then 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Dublin and Kingstown Railway. He considered himself to be a born railway engineer.[4]

  1. ^ Obituary. Francis Webb Wentworth-Sheilds, 1820-1906.
  2. ^ Burke's Peerage assumed by royal licence the prefix surname Wentworth 1877
  3. ^ "Death of the Archdeacons Father". Wagga Wagga Express. NSW: National Library of Australia. 6 March 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ^ "ABSTRACT OF THE EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS, &c". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 13 July 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 27 August 2011.